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Uniontown man accused of armed robbery
When police went to the girlfriend's house on MacArthur Terrace in Uniontown, they obtained a search warrant for the residence after noticing two cartons of [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] and an Ace bandage in plain view,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Yarosh said.
About 75 percent of black smokers use menthol brands,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], heavily advertised in black communities. African-Americans smoke fewer cigarettes than whites,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but have higher rates of lung cancer and other tobacco-related diseases.([link widoczny dla zalogowanych])
"This subject entered the store stating,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 'Stick 'em up, don't make any sudden moves,' as he grabbed a patron from behind, around the neck, placing the knife edge near his throat,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Yarosh wrote in the affidavit. "This subject demanded all the money and then asked for the money out of the safe."
Jonathon Anthony Thomas, 25,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], of 183 S. Mt. Vernon Ave., Uniontown,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is charged by state police at Uniontown with robbery, reckless endangerment, possessing instruments of crime, theft and simple assault.
What bunk, says Reginald Jackson,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], executive director of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey. “The fact that they’re marketing this to our community raises alarm bells — it’s manipulative and deceptive,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],” Jackson said. “I would think we’d be strongly united in seeking to ban these cigarettes.”
NJNP Photo/Scott LituchyA billboard for [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] stands by Route 21 in Newark.
The company has already bought up Internet domain names like MentholKillsMinorities.com, in an effort to preempt health advocates. Even sneakier is its use of an African-American public-relations consultant, Charlotte Roy. Her firm is paid by Lorillard, but she doesn’t feel a need to mention that when she contacts media outlets,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the Wall Street Journal reported.
In a police affidavit, Trooper Kiprian Yarosh said Thomas entered the Dairy Mart at 22 Dixon Blvd. at 11:45 p.m. Monday, put a knife to a customer's throat and demanded cash.
Police said tax stamp numerals on the cigarette cartons,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], as well as on a pack of cigarettes they found in Thomas' possession, matched those of the stolen cigarettes.
The clerk and three customers told police the robber had an Ace brand elastic bandage covering his nose and mouth. He wore latex gloves, dark sunglasses,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a knit cap and a white,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], hooded sweatshirt.
Thomas was arraigned before Uniontown District Judge Michael Metros and placed in the Fayette County Prison in lieu of $25,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 bond. He faces a preliminary hearing before South Union District Judge Joseph George.([link widoczny dla zalogowanych])
([link widoczny dla zalogowanych]) And it continues today. Lorillard, which makes Newport — the country’s most popular brand of menthol cigarettes — is engaged in an all-out war to prevent the feds from banning menthol cigarettes.
Yarosh said a Uniontown police officer, Michael Bittner, stopped Thomas 30 minutes after the robbery. Thomas told police he had just left his girlfriend's house.
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When the clerk told Thomas she could not access the safe, Thomas fled on foot with $127 in cash, three cartons of [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] and some loose packs of cigarettes, according to the affidavit.([link widoczny dla zalogowanych])
A Fayette County man is in jail,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], accused by police of robbing a convenience store at knifepoint with an elastic bandage over his face.([link widoczny dla zalogowanych])
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A woman who lived at the MacArthur residence told police she has latex gloves "and her children love to blow them up like balloons," but they were missing. She told police a kitchen knife that matched the description of the robbery weapon was missing.
Roy arranged for Niger Innis, national spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality, to speak out against a menthol ban. He told Chicago radio listeners it could result in an underground market and would be “taking away a legal preference and choice for African Americans.”
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